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Help[Opinions] Re: Calluna
in reply to a message by Lynxosophy
What time period is the story set in and how old is the character?
Hadley and Calluna seem very modern/current for babies and preschoolers, where as Erica and Heather sound like they were born in the 1970s/80s. And Kanerva shouldn’t be anyone’s name.
Calluna is fine. It looks like a mash up of Calla and Luna. I’m not a fan of Luna at all and don’t get the hype. It has a fairy-like feeling to it and I would expect it to be a fantasy story rather than literary.
Heath on a male is nice (I prefer it to Heather on a female).
**I love God far too much to be religious - Jean Claude Koven**
Hadley and Calluna seem very modern/current for babies and preschoolers, where as Erica and Heather sound like they were born in the 1970s/80s. And Kanerva shouldn’t be anyone’s name.
Calluna is fine. It looks like a mash up of Calla and Luna. I’m not a fan of Luna at all and don’t get the hype. It has a fairy-like feeling to it and I would expect it to be a fantasy story rather than literary.
Heath on a male is nice (I prefer it to Heather on a female).
**I love God far too much to be religious - Jean Claude Koven**
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Totally forgot to add that info in! The story is set in the near future in the UK (torn between either Scotland or Wales at the moment, leaning more towards Scotland but still figuring things out), the character is 24 years old and would have been born around 2022. I think I was drawn mostly to Calluna because it seems plausible as a name and has the association with heather without it being obvious (Calluna vulgaris being the taxonomic name for common heather), and I'm not the biggest fan of Heather as a girl's name. Like you I prefer Heath on a boy to Heather on a girl.
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